Victory in Jesus. Proclaim to the nations their impending destruction. 

Joel 3:8-13

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 “I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off; For the Lord has spoken.” Joel 3:8

The verse above mentions sons and daughters being sold. This refers to those who govern by and live for the global culture of the beast. They dehumanize and treat the followers of Jesus Christ as objects and exploit them for their own benefit. God responds to their actions by selling them to “people far off” people who are far from God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. This means eternal punishment in hell for those far off people.

People have lost their free will and their humanity because of a force that gives them their emotions, thoughts, words, and actions. This force supplants the human conscience and makes the human spirit resistant to Jesus Christ. “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron…” 1 Timothy 4:1-2

“Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.” Joel 3:9

The Battle of Armageddon is a global war that looms ahead, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is already under attack worldwide. We, as followers of Jesus, declare that this world is heading towards the Battle of Armageddon, and we urge others to get ready. We urge them to get ready by making peace with God through the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ and by welcoming the Holy Spirit. We also encourage fellow Christians to fortify their spirit and soul for the challenging, chaotic, and turbulent spiritual warfare that is coming and is already present.

Global warming is a call for all humanity to wake up because it comes just before the Battle of Armageddon. Global warming is the Fourth Plague, and the Battle of Armageddon is the Sixth Plague. The Fifth Plague is when the power center of the beast is destroyed which means the global culture of the beast is rendered powerless. As is seen, global warming is instrumental in destroying the power center of the beast which leads to the global Battle of Armageddon. Click here for a post on all seven Plagues.

“Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’” Joel 3:10

We are followers of Jesus Christ, and we transform our worldly tools into weapons of the Spirit. We do not use “plowshares” to cultivate the anti-Christian global culture, but we cultivate the Spirit through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We use the tools that were once used to prune the fruit of the Holy Spirit to pierce sin to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Though we are weak in the flesh, we are strong in the Spirit through our Lord Jesus.

Living for Jesus Christ can be challenging, and exhausting as we face constant harassment and difficulties. We may feel weak, but we can also claim strength from the Spirit that works in us through Jesus. He gives us God’s mercy, grace, Salvation, and eternal life. As quoted, “And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days...And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.” Daniel 11:33,35

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.” 1 Corinthians 10:4-6

God provides us with the Armor of God to protect us in the battle,

Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength. 

Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. 

Stand therefore, girding your waist with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness, and binding shoes under your feet with the preparation of the good news of peace, in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one, and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this end being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, 

and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that in them I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.Ephesians 6:10-20

“Assemble and come, all you nations, and gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord. Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.” Joel 3:11-12

The text refers to the Battle of Armageddon when it mentions the nations assembling in the “Valley of Jehoshaphat”, as described in the Sixth Plague in Revelation 16:12-17. “Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.” Revelation 16:16 On that day, God’s wrath will be unleashed on the United Nations, the beast’s global government, and all the armies of the world.

“Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, the vats overflow—For their wickedness is great.” Joel 3:13

The verse above and the verse below describe the high cost of lives in the Battle of Armageddon and the Day of the Lord.

“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.” Revelation 14:18-20

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11